I initially wanted to do some research on the Wing Chun forums out there so that I could list what I considered to be the more useful ones. However, I'm a bit bemused at the moment. In the past, I haven't really been one to get involved in the martial arts online community, because to tell the truth, it just never occurred to me. The most important thing for me was to learn, and that was best accomplished simply by going to class and practising on my own. But then I got curious to see what was out there. Bewildered isn't the word! Some forums are dead. Others are active but provide nothing for someone studying Wing Chun. Some do have an active Wing Chun sub forum, but are spoilt by childish bickering and personal insults! Some of the participants in these puerile scuffles are grown men! I've listed the best one I've found (in my opinion) first.
Martial Talk
I discovered this Wing Chun forum recently and I really like it. There are some knowledgeable people here who explain things well and it feels friendly.
Kung Fu Magazine
Despite ranking first in Google for "Wing Chun Forum", this forum is pretty quiet. Having been created in 1999, it's certainly well established. Be warned: check this thread out for childishness. I really don't know why the moderators don't step in. I'm not sure how representative this thread is of the forum as a whole, so it may just be a one off.
International Wing Chun Academy
Focused on Wind Chun in Australia.
The Wing Chun Archive
This is a very useful resource, comprising lists of Wing Chun schools, movies and videos, places to get wooden dummies and articles. There's also a comprehensive list of Wing Chun forums.
Martial Arts Planet
It comes up first when I search for "martial arts forum" in Google, but sadly there is no Wing Chun forum. There is a one for Kung Fu in which the odd thread concerning Wing Chun is created and then trashed.
As I said above, it's only recently I started looking on the internet for Wing Chun forums, so maybe there's a good one hiding somewhere. The search continues.
